James III: The True Mirror
Published in volume The James Plays
First Staged:
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 2014

James III: The True Mirror

By Rona Munro
Published in volume The James Plays

The third part of Rona Munro's The James Plays cycle, James III: The True Mirror, like the King himself, is colourful and unpredictable, turning its attention to the women at the heart of the royal court.

Charismatic, cultured, and obsessed with grandiose schemes that his nation can ill afford, James III is by turns loved and loathed. Scotland thunders dangerously close to civil war, but its future may be decided by James’ resourceful and resilient wife, Queen Margaret of Denmark. Her love and clear vision can save a fragile monarchy and rescue a struggling people.

The James Plays premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2014, before transferring to the National Theatre, London, in a co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland.

Published in volume The James Plays

Also by Rona Munro:

James V: Katherine
Scuttlers
The House of Bernarda Alba
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Iron
James I: The Key Will Keep the Lock
Scottish Shorts
Bold Girls
The James Plays
Your Turn to Clean the Stair & Fugue
Long Time Dead
James IV: Queen of the Fight
The Last Witch
Pandas
Mary Barton
The Astronaut's Chair
The Indian Boy
Little Eagles
Mary
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Fugue
The Maiden Stone
The Basement Flat
James II: Day of the Innocents
Your Turn to Clean the Stair
Gilt
Strawberries in January
Saturday at the Commodore

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